[Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#876363: octave fetches network resources when network access disabled

[Mike Miller]

On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 11:50:24 +0100, D Haley wrote:
> I was a little concerned at this message, as in the settings, the option
> "Allow Octave to connect to the Octave web site to display current news
> and information" is unchecked.

This is troubling, thanks for reporting it.

I have looked at the code, and the only way the message you quoted can
appear is indeed if Octave has attempted a web request, either
automatically at startup, or when the menu item under the News menu.

Can you verify that the option is actually disabled? What does

    grep allow_web_connection ~/.config/octave/qt-settings

yield?

-- 
mike
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